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U.S. states ranked by clean energy jobs in 2022

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Despite numerous headwinds, clean energy jobs grew 5% from 2021 to 2022 in the U.S., with the industry now employing 3.2 million Americans.
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Despite numerous headwinds caused by the coronavirus pandemic, supply chain constraints, and economic uncertainty, clean energy jobs grew 5% from 2021 to 2022 in the U.S., with the industry now employing 3.2 million Americans.

Every clean energy sector grew last year, according to the most recent annual jobs report from the nonpartisan business group E2. In fact, half of all new U.S. energy jobs in 2021 were in clean energy.

Fossil fuel jobs fell by 4% last year, the report noted.

“Expanding clean energy and clean transportation is simply a bipartisan win for our economy," E2 executive
"This data shows clean energy jobs are not red state jobs or blue state jobs – they’re red, white
and blue jobs."

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While clean jobs grew along with most of the rest of the economy in 2021, they are still well below their pre-COVID peak, in part because of lingering uncertainty around federal policy.

Only last week, in a head-snapping reversal, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said that he had reached a deal with Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on a budget reconciliation package that includes $369 billion for clean energy and climate change.

The Inflation Reduction Act would provide a 10-year extension to the Investment Tax Credit and Production Tax Credit on which clean energy projects rely heavily for market certainty.

Broken down by sector, electric vehicle jobs grew drastically from 2021 to 2022 — 26% — while solar jobs grew by 5%, wind by 3%, and clean energy storage by 4%.

U.S. states ranked by clean energy jobs in 2022
  1. California - 505,083
  2. Texas - 238,884
  3. New York - 160,642
  4. Florida - 158,467
  5. Illinois - 120,775
  6. Michigan - 119,853
  7. Massachusetts - 113,409
  8. Ohio - 110,272
  9. North Carolina - 103,854
  10. Pennsylvania - 92,773
  11. Virginia - 92,315
  12. Indiana - 86,215
  13. Maryland - 80,025
  14. Tennessee - 77,685
  15. Washington - 76,905
  16. Georgia - 75,211
  17. Wisconsin - 71,370
  18. Colorado - 61,179
  19. Arizona - 59,383
  20. Minnesota - 57,931
  21. Missouri - 54,397
  22. Oregon - 53,869
  23. New Jersey - 53,334
  24. South Carolina - 44,011
  25. Utah - 43,452
  26. Alabama - 41,984
  27. Connecticut - 41,458
  28. Kentucky - 35,437
  29. Nevada - 32,378
  30. Iowa - 30,393
  31. Louisiana - 28,094
  32. Kansas - 23,821
  33. Oklahoma - 21,602
  34. Mississippi - 20,018
  35. Arkansas - 19,965
  36. Nebraska - 18,822
  37. New Hampshire - 15,915
  38. Vermont - 15,668
  39. Rhode Island - 14,309
  40. D.C. - 14,244
  41. Idaho - 13,409
  42. Hawaii - 12,873
  43. Maine - 12,493
  44. Delaware - 12,268
  45. New Mexico - 12,014
  46. South Dakota - 11,860
  47. Montana - 9,898
  48. West Virginia - 9,540
  49. North Dakota - 8,614
  50. Wyoming - 8,226
  51. Alaska - 5,006
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